Combined container and applicator



Dec. 17, 1957 l H. WORTH E1-AL coMBrNED CONTAINER AND APPLICATOR FiledJan. 15, 1955 lllllll lll/ll INVENTOR www United States Patent OCOMBINED CONTAINER AND APPLICATOR Henry Worth and Michael D. Goldsmith,New York, N. Y.

Application January 13, 1955, Serial No. 481,665

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-137) This invention relates to a combined container andapplicator of a construction permitting it to be effectively used forpasty or creamy substances such as deodorant creams, shaving creams orother similar materials, and particularly those intended for applicationto parts of the body.

It is an obiect of the invention to provide a device of theabove-mentioned character by means of which creams or other paste-likesubstances can be conveniently held and can be dispensed and applied inregulatable amounts to the body, and conveniently spread thereoverwithin the selected area, such as, for example, in the case of adeodorant cream, in the armpits.

It is another object of the invention to provide a holder, dispenser andapplicator which can be conveniently carried in a handbag, toilet caseor other receptacle; which will enclose and protect its contents in acompletely sanitary manner; which will permit of the dispensation andapplication of the cream economically, without waste, in a regulatablemanner, and which will permit of the application or spreading of thecream uniformly and evenly over the selected area.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a container andapplicator which can be economically manufactured, with the major partsthereof of plastic materials, if desired.

It is an object of the invention to provide means in a container of thischaracter, by which the outlet opening can be easily cleaned andretained in condition for permitting the easy egress of the contents ofthe container.

With these-and other objects to be hereinafter setforth in View, we havedevised the arrangement of parts to'be described, and more particularlypointed out in the claim appended hereto.

1n the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of theinvention is disclosed,

Fig. l is a vertical, sectional view through a combined container andapplicator, constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail view in section, showing the interlock between thebody and closure disk;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig.4, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the closure disk;

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the container and applicator inclosed condition, and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the closure cap taken substantially on theline 6-6 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the body or housing of the device.The same is preferably, but not necessarily, made of plastic material orit can be made of metal and it is generally cylindrical in shape and isprovided at one end with the closure disk indicated at 2. Locatedcentrally of the closure disk 2 and extending axially through the body 1of the container is a rotatable threaded spindle 3. At one end, thespindle is provided with a nonround or square portion 5 attached to arotatable operating disk 6, which has a wall 23 provided with a knurledperipheral edge. When the disk 6 is grasped between and rotated by thefingers, the spindle 3 will be correspondingly rotated since it isliXedly attached to the disk. The ange 4 formed on or attached to thespindle 3 prevents axial movement of the spindle and retains the disk 6closely adjacent to the outer surface of the closure disk.

As will be clearly seen in Fig. 3, the closure disk 2 is centrallyformed with a raised or elevated portion formed with the opening 19through which passes a cylindrical portion 22 on the stem 3, saidcylindrical portion of the stem being freely rotatable in said opening19. Said cylindrical portion 22 is tted within the central boss 21 ofthe operating disk 6, as clearly seen in Fig. l.

The closure disk 2Ais formed with a circumferential wall 17 providedwith an undercut groove 18 in its inner face and said groove lits over arounded shoulder 9 formed on the rear end of the body 1 on the outerface thereof. The portion of the body 1 extending rearwardly from therounded shoulder 9, is tapered as indicated at 10 and this facilitatesthe fitting of this portion of the body 1 into the groove 18, since theclosure `disk can be sprung into place, or actually snapped intoposition over the open rear end of the body 1. The closure disk 2 may becomposed of metal and the springiness thereof, together with thespringiness in the plastic-material body 1, permits the snap engagementjust mentioned. The body 1 is, of course, filled with the creamycontents 15 before the closure disk 2 is attached and while the stem 3and piston 7 are out of the body 1.

At the bottom of the closure disk is provided an annular wall 16 locatedinwardly of the wall 17. When the operating disk 6, is tted on theclosure disk 2, the wall 23 will t on the outside of wall 16, which actsas a bearing for the operating disk, which thus rotates around the stantionary closure disk 2.

Threadably mounted on the spindle 3 is a cup-shaped piston member 7which is located within the body 1 of the container, and said` pistonmember is adapted to be moved up and down within the body 1 by therotative movement of the spindle 3 caused by manual turning of the disk6.

The piston is, of course, centrally threaded to threadably accommodatethe threads on the spindle 3, and the frictional engagement of theilange of the piston against the wall of the body is suicient to preventit from rotating or turning within the body 1. If necessary, one or moreribs can be provided on the inner wall surface of the body 1 to engageone or more slots or notches provided in the edge of the .piston andthus positively prevent rotation of the piston.

From the foregoing, it will be clear that when the disk 6 is rotated bymanual operation, the piston 7 can be moved up or ldown on the spindle,and when it is moved upwardly, as viewed in Fig. l, the paste-likematerial or cream contained within the body 1, and shown at 15, and inadvance of the piston 7, will be urged upwardly or toward the outlet endof the body.

At its outlet end the body 1 is provided with an integral rounded,dome-like portion 11 constituting the applicator of the device. The sameis preferably, but not necessarily, integrally formed on the upper endof the body. It is suliicient to state that the dome-like endconstitutes a smooth, rounded terminal for the upper end of the body,and which can be freely rubbed against the body of the user withoutcausing injury or irritation, since the top portion 11 of the dome-likecap is perfectly smooth and free from any protuberances or projectionslikely to injure tender skin. Since the holder is primarily designed forthe spreading of a creamy deodorant in the armpits, the rounded,dome-like end can be said to be of armpit shape to be smoothly rubbedagainst these sensitive parts of the body without causing irritation orundue friction,

Provided centrally at the top of the domed cap member 10 is an outlethole or aperture 12, and it is through this aperture that the cream- 15is extruded to thereby reach the surface of the dome-like applicatorwhen the piston is caused to be moved in the direction toward the domedend 11. The drawing shows one aperture, but it will be apparent thatthis number may be increased .according to the nature of the materialbeing dispensed or the amount required for spreading inthe armpits orother portion of the body. The user can readily regulate the amountbeing dispensed by turning the disk 6 slowly and watching the cream asit is forced through the aperture or hole 12 until the proper amount hasbeen squeezed through the hole.

As the cream is 'forced through the hole 12, it will tend y to spread on'the convex surface of the domed applicator 11 and 'it is merely amatter of then applying this cream-coated surface against the body .andspreading the cream vthereover in the required area.

When not being used, the body '1 including the donned end 11 thereof, iscovered and protected by vmeans of the cap-like closure member shown at14, which is shown to be frictionally tted in place over the body 1, orheld thereon by a bayonet joint or other securing means of knownconstruction. The interior of the closure cap 14 is formed with a`central stud 13 of conical form and the same is of sucient length 'toextend through and act as not only a closure member or stopper for thehole 12, but as a cleaner as well, 'thus preventing clogging of thisopening since it will clean out the 'same each time that the closure capis fitted in place over the body 1. The upper edge 24 on the closuredisk 2 acts as a shoulder or stop to limit the telescoping movement ofthe 'closure cap with respect to the .body 1 and thus prevents the stud13 from being jammed in hole 12.

The construction of the device is such that most of the major parts may,if desired, be constructed of plastic materials or of thin metal andhence economical manufacture is possible.

Having described a single embodiment of the invention, it is obviousthat the lsame is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough tocover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What We claim is:

In a combined container and applicator `for creamy materials,acylindrical body Vhaving an integrally-formed convex end provided witha central outlet opening extending through it, said Ibody having an openopposite 'end and tapered at said lend as Well asprovided with aroundedbottom and inwardly of its peripheral wall, with an annular walldefining a shoulder between it and the peripheral edge of 'the closuremember, an operating disk tted against the bottom of the closure member,said operating disk having a peripheral wall having its upper edge incontact with said shoulder, said peripheral wall being fitted around theoutside of the annular wall of the closure member, a central bossprovided on the operating disk, the closure member having a centrallyelevated portion presenting a recess beneath it, Vsaid recess`accommodating .said boss, a threaded stem having a non-round endsecured at `one end in the boss, said stem having a cylindrical partlocated `partly in the .boss and having a part rotative in the elevatedportion, said stem extending axially 'through the elevated portion andinto the body for the greater portion of the length of the body, a angeon the stem at the side of the closure member opposite to that at whichthe operating disk is located to thereby restrain the operating diskfrom axial separation from the closure disk, a piston threadably mountedon the stem within the body, and a closure cap being provided at its endwith a studtting completely through the central outlet opening in thebody.

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